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Title: Metal hydride hydrogen compression: Recent advances and future prospects

Abstract

Metal hydride (MH) thermal sorption compression is one of the more important applications of the metal hydrides. The present paper reviews recent advances in the field based on the analysis of the fundamental principles of this technology. The performances when boosting hydrogen pressure, along with two- and three-step compression units are analyzed. The paper includes also a theoretical modeling of a two-stage compressor aimed at both describing the performance of the experimentally studied systems, but, also, on their optimization and design of more advanced MH compressors. Business developments in the field are reviewed for the Norwegian company HYSTORSYS AS and the South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry. Finally, future prospects are outlined presenting the role of the metal hydride compression in the overall development of the hydrogen driven energy systems. Lastly, the work is based on the analysis of the development of the technology in Europe, USA and South Africa.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [5]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller (Norway); Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
  3. Univ. of the Western Cape, Bellville (South Africa)
  4. Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham (United Kingdom)
  5. HYSTORSYS AS, Kjeller (Norway)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1244197
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics. A, Materials Science and Processing
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0947-8396
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 08 HYDROGEN; metal hydrides; hydrogen gas compressors; hydrogen storage

Citation Formats

Bowman, Jr., Robert C., Yartys, Volodymyr A., Lototskyy, Mykhaylo V., Linkov, Vladimir, Grant, David, Stuart, Alastair, Eriksen, Jon, and Denys, Roman. Metal hydride hydrogen compression: Recent advances and future prospects. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1007/s00339-016-9863-7.
Bowman, Jr., Robert C., Yartys, Volodymyr A., Lototskyy, Mykhaylo V., Linkov, Vladimir, Grant, David, Stuart, Alastair, Eriksen, Jon, & Denys, Roman. Metal hydride hydrogen compression: Recent advances and future prospects. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9863-7
Bowman, Jr., Robert C., Yartys, Volodymyr A., Lototskyy, Mykhaylo V., Linkov, Vladimir, Grant, David, Stuart, Alastair, Eriksen, Jon, and Denys, Roman. 2016. "Metal hydride hydrogen compression: Recent advances and future prospects". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9863-7. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1244197.
@article{osti_1244197,
title = {Metal hydride hydrogen compression: Recent advances and future prospects},
author = {Bowman, Jr., Robert C. and Yartys, Volodymyr A. and Lototskyy, Mykhaylo V. and Linkov, Vladimir and Grant, David and Stuart, Alastair and Eriksen, Jon and Denys, Roman},
abstractNote = {Metal hydride (MH) thermal sorption compression is one of the more important applications of the metal hydrides. The present paper reviews recent advances in the field based on the analysis of the fundamental principles of this technology. The performances when boosting hydrogen pressure, along with two- and three-step compression units are analyzed. The paper includes also a theoretical modeling of a two-stage compressor aimed at both describing the performance of the experimentally studied systems, but, also, on their optimization and design of more advanced MH compressors. Business developments in the field are reviewed for the Norwegian company HYSTORSYS AS and the South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry. Finally, future prospects are outlined presenting the role of the metal hydride compression in the overall development of the hydrogen driven energy systems. Lastly, the work is based on the analysis of the development of the technology in Europe, USA and South Africa.},
doi = {10.1007/s00339-016-9863-7},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1244197}, journal = {Applied Physics. A, Materials Science and Processing},
issn = {0947-8396},
number = 4,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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